RailmapsFeb 22, 2023

Today’s historic #photo of the day: Looking north along the abandoned Captains Flat #railway near Hoskinstown, NSW, December 8 1984.

The Captains Flat line branched from the Canberra/Bombala line at Bungendore Junction and ran south for 34km to the small town of Captains Flat. It had a remarkably short life having operated only from 1940 until 1968.

The line temporarily re-opened in 1969 for a special train for filming of a Ned Kelly feature movie starring none other than Mick Jagger!

Show threadRonB1949
@railmaps Nobody watching the film noticed the rails were too close together 😃
Feb 23, 2023 at 1:14amWeb
Show threadRailmapsFeb 23, 2023

@ronb1949 I’ve not watched it myself, but by all accounts, that’s the least of the issues with that movie.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066130/

Kelly, der Bandit (1970) - IMDb

Kelly, der Bandit: Directed by Tony Richardson. With Mick Jagger, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Mark McManus, Ken Goodlet. The impoverished son of Irish immigrants is pushed by wrongful police persecution into becoming Australia's most notorious bushranger.

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